Holiday Affair

Name: Holiday Affair
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Released: 1949-12-12
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 6.87

★ 6,9 /10 (92 Votes)

1949 EN 87 min

Overview

Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie Ennis, who's actually a comparison shopper sent by another store. Steve lets her go, which gets him fired. They spend the afternoon together, which doesn't sit well with Connie's steady suitor, Carl, when he finds out, but delights her young son Timmy, who quickly takes to Steve.

Release date

12/12/1949

Votes

Popularity

5.0

It happens in December... but it's hotter than July!

Genres

Comedy Romance Drama

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

87 min

Robert Mitchum

Steve Mason

Janet Leigh

Connie Ennis

Wendell Corey

Carl Davis

Griff Barnett

Mr. Ennis

Esther Dale

Mrs. Ennis

Henry O'Neill

Mr. Crowley

Harry Morgan

Police Lieutenant (as Henry Morgan)

Larry J. Blake

Plainclothesman

Helen Brown

Emily

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Gordon Gebert

Timmy Ennis

Pat Barton

Saleswoman (uncredited)

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Genevieve Bell

Saleswoman (uncredited)

Melinda Casey

Girl (uncredited)

Chick Chandler

New Year's Celebrant (uncredited)

Jack Chefe

Waiter (uncredited)

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James Conaty

Man Entering Nightclub (uncredited)

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Yvonne Crossley

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

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Michka Egan

Man (uncredited)

George Eldredge

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

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Louise Franklin

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

James Griffith

Crowley's Floorwalker (uncredited)

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Patricia Hall

Clerk (uncredited)

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Don Hartman

Man Leaving Phone Booth (uncredited)

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Jimmy Hawkins

Boy in Park (uncredited)

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Mame Henderson

Clerk (uncredited)

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Billy Henry

Boy (uncredited)

Jimmy Hunt

Boy Looking at Crowley's Trains (uncredited)

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Frank Johnson

Santa Claus (uncredited)

Jack Kelly

Drunk on Train (uncredited)

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Genevieve Kendall

Clerk (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Man (uncredited)

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Robert Lyden

Boy (uncredited)

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Allen Mathews

Mr. Gow (uncredited)

Frank Mills

Bum in Park (uncredited)

Frances Morris

Mary (uncredited)

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Philip Morris

Train Conductor (uncredited)

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Al Murphy

Man (uncredited)

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William J. O'Brien

Peanut Vendor (uncredited)

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Theodore Rand

Man (uncredited)

Joey Ray

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Paula Raymond

Girl at Drinking Fountain (uncredited)

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Charles Regan

Man (uncredited)

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Al Rhein

Detective (uncredited)

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Sammy Shack

Man (uncredited)

Carl Sklover

Department Store Clerk (uncredited)

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Bert Stevens

Henry (uncredited)

Harmon Stevens

Clerk (uncredited)

Mary Stewart

Girl (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

Park Policeman (uncredited)

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All anybody wants is for you to live in the present and not be afraid of the future. Directed by Don Hartman and written by Isobel Lennart and John D. Weaver, Holiday Affair stars Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh and Wendell Corey. Story finds Leigh as Connie, a widower with a young son still trying to get over the death of her husband. Semi-courting the safe and reliable Carl (Corey), Connie's head is spun when she meets the more macho and up-front Steve (Mitchum). This is all she needs at Christmas time! A lovely Christmas Cracker of a movie, Holiday Affair never over eggs the eggnog with t…

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This is one of Janet Leigh's more endearing roles - sandwiched, as she is, between the rather dull but reliable attorney "Carl" (Wendell Corey) and the slightly enigmatic "Mason" (Robert Mitchum). It starts when she, "Connie", engaged as a sort of modern day secret shopper, is unmasked in a department store by salesman who instead of dobbing her in, keeps quiet and gets fired for his troubles. The pair go on a date, he meets her young son "Timmy" (Gordon Gebert) and soon she has another man in her life... The film looks at her tussle between the safe and the unknown - and also takes a little l…

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